Watching a big historical costume nonprofit just create a PR nightmare for themselves (on top of the thing itself being incredibly harmful!), and then say they'd heard the complaints and plan to discuss them in NOVEMBER.
SO CRINGE. SO BAD.
Anyway, if you want to add a comment telling Costume College how bad the theme of "Silk Road" is in the year 2022 please do leave a comment on IG here (or any of their social: instagram.com/p/Ci02Yxkv4AF/
(Imagine hidden because it might be difficult to look at for folks.)
Any nonprofit that cannot call an emergency meeting, especially over many concerns from members, vendors and attendees, needs to revisit their structure. You cannot hold massive event like this if you cannot respond to basic safety issues for attendees.
I decided to add a few lil personal touches to my hobbit this year.
I embroidered botanicals I think of when I think of El Salvador. The spiced chocolate wrapped in leaves my dad would bring home from his trips. Loroco and coffee. Izote since I’ve never seen those blooms embroidered either.
And here’s a lil video collab over on IG with a bunch of other cosplayers celebrating diversity in Middle Earth!!
Pride and Prejudice characters as their DnD classes.
I have been ready for this for months but I genuinely didn't know y'all wanted this content. Let's go!
Mr. Darcy plays Paladin. He's here to heal people because the Cleric is always MIA. Sometimes he gets to fight and it's AWESOME. But then he goes back to silently worrying about people's HP.
Secretly the party's dice hoarder.
Lizzy is a Fighter. Sometimes words are her weapons, sometimes it's a fist to the face. She's here to wreck shop and pollute the shades of the campaign's current side quest.